ichpochtli (MH532r)

ichpochtli (MH532r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ichpochi.. (“Maiden?”--attested here as a man’s name) shows a young woman's head in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. We know she is young because her hair is long and hanging down her back. (In the sedentary central areas, a woman's hair would be twisted up or braided, with the hair ends coming up above her forehead.)

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The term for maiden or young woman is actually "ichpochtli." The ending to this name remains a question. As a baby, did his parents see him as girl-like? Did he respond more to the females in his household? Was he imagined to become a girl chaser? Was he intersexed?

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pablo ychpochin

Gloss Normalization:

Pablo Ichpochin

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

soltera, doncella, mujer joven, nombres interesantes, unusual names, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ichpoch(tli), adolescent girl or young woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ichpochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

La Doncella (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 532r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=143&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: